I attended the ballet final at the Lowry last night and it turned out to be an excellent evening.   The five finalists performed a classical variation, a pdd (three of the competitors had non-competing partners and two competitors from the same school partnered each other) and finally a solo of their own choreography.   I thought the standard of the competitors was excellent.   The evening was hosted by a CBBC presenter.   The judges (Shobana Jeyasingh (who is on all the judging panels),